
Open Calibre and navigate to Preferences -> Plugins.Next, we need to install the plug-in that removes Adobe DRM. Per the Download for Linux page on, execute the following command: sudo -v & wget -nv -O- | sudo sh /dev/stdin Install noDRM / DeDRM_tools plugin for Calibre I've not yet looked into what I need to remove DRM from Kindle books. This is the process for removing Adobe DRM from ebooks. If this can help someone else backup their ebooks, well that's good too. I'm writing this little guide as a note to myself on how to setup Calibre to make backup copies of the ebooks I purchase on my Linux system. I thank them all, and hope that someone will always step up to continue the work.How to setup Calibre to remove DRM from ebooks on Linux Januon Michael Harley's blog So noDRM is just the latest in a long line of wonderful people who've allowed me to spend a lot of money on ebooks, as I decided way back sometime in the early 2000s to never buy an ebook with DRM I couldn't remove.

IIRC, Apprentice Alf set up a blog with explanations and links to places to download the latest version (which was usually whatever fileshare site was still working!)Īnd Apprentice Harper set up a gihub account with all the versions back to The Dark Reverser's mobipocket script in the history, giving a stable place to find the latest version.

Then there was I♥CABBAGES who released DRM removal for Adobe ebooks.Īnd then there were many others who improved the tools, including decrypting and decoding Amazon's Topaz and decrypting KFX files.Īnd the people who worked on decrypting Kobo books from the Kobo app. Or was Apprentice Harper involved all along? (Don't know the history.)As I recall, the first was "The Dark Reverser" who release a python script for removing DRM from Mobipocket ebooks. I feel like I need to find some way to thank Apprentice Alf for all his work. Thanks for the clarification I inadvertently added an extra layer of confusion.
